{"id":1299,"date":"2017-02-20T14:07:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T20:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2017-02-20T14:07:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T20:07:03","slug":"when-journalists-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2017\/02\/20\/when-journalists-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"When Journalists Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1301\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/esthervargasc\/9474487682\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1301\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/files\/2017\/02\/9474487682_5a12fc9d4d_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/files\/2017\/02\/9474487682_5a12fc9d4d_z.jpg 555w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/files\/2017\/02\/9474487682_5a12fc9d4d_z-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Esther Vargas, Flickr CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As media organizations figure out how to cover the Trump Administration and the first tweeting president, there is soul searching taking place both within the media and among media consumers about\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2016\/10\/12\/the-illusion-of-media-objectivity\/\">media objectivity<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the role of social networking sites in the news. The rise of non-traditional online media outlets, tensions between the White House and journalists, and arguments over \u201calternative facts\u201d has brought new challenges to long-held assumptions about journalistic accountability and objectivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Sociologists have long been critics of &#8220;objectivity&#8221; in the media and have noted the erosion of assumed standards of objectivity in the news room.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journalism.columbia.edu\/faculty\/michael-schudson\">Micheal Schudson<\/a>. 2011.\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/webad.aspx?id=23170\">The Sociology of News<\/a><\/em>. W.W. Norton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, survey data shows that here has been a loss of trust in the media. This year\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalnewsreport.org\/survey\/2016\/united-states-2016\/\">Reuters Institute Digital News Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">finds that only 33% of Americans say that they trust the news \u201cmost of the time\u201d compared to 65% of Finns. Though declining trust in the media is not necessarily new, the 2016 election cycle saw a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/195542\/americans-trust-mass-media-sinks-new-low.aspx?utm_source=alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=morelink&amp;utm_campaign=syndication\">sharper decline<\/a>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hevra.haifa.ac.il\/~comm\/index.php\/en\/faculty-staff-en\/2013-10-07-19-10-3\/988-prof-yariv-tsfati-department-chair\">Yariv Tsfati <\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/in.bgu.ac.il\/en\/humsos\/politics\/Pages\/staff\/gal_ariely.aspx\">Gal Ariely<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2014. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0093650213485972?etocc41\/6\/760\">Individual and Contextual Correlates of Trust in Media Across 44 Countries.<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication Research<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a041: 760\u2013782.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isr.umich.edu\/cps\/people_faculty_nvalenti.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicholas A Valentino<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faculty.uci.edu\/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5089\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mathew N. Beckmann<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and Thomas A. Buhr. 2001. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/citedby\/10.1080\/10584600152647083?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true\">A Spiral of Cynicism for Some: The Contingent Effects of Campaign News Frames on Participation and Confidence in Government.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political Communication<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 18(4): 347-367.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elections and election coverage often leave audiences with the feeling that media organizations are more focused on partisanship rather than interrogating policy positions. This challenges audiences\u2019 notions of media objectivity when media organizations and journalists are perceive to be picking favorites.<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/findresearcher.sdu.dk\/portal\/en\/persons\/david-nicolas-hopmann(ea736aff-e420-4f6d-b34a-544affcaa762).html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Nicolas Hopmann,\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jmg.gu.se\/english\/about-us\/staff?userId=xshead\">Adam Shehata<\/a>\u00a0and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jesperstromback.org\/in-english\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesper Str\u00f6mb\u00e4ck.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a02015. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15205436.2015.1022190?journalCode=hmcs20\">Contagious Media Effects: How Media Use and Exposure to Game-Framed News Influence Media Trust.<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mass Communication and Society<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a018(6): 776-798.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smpa.gwu.edu\/robert-entman\">Robert Entman<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2007. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1460-2466.2006.00336.x\/abstract\">Framing Bias: Media in the Distribution of Power.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Communication <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57: 163-173.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The challenge of objectivity is particularly great when journalists engage with audiences on social networking sites like Twitter, which appear to blur the lines between professional and personal opinion. When journalists tweet,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the tension between norms of objectivity and accountability are heightened, but it also provides a way to direct traffic to published artciles. Sites like Twitter provide journalists a platform for engaging audiences in real time and provide a means for journalists to prime audiences for a developing story.<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iansheinheit.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ian Sheinheit <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&amp; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hofstra.edu\/faculty\/fac_profiles.cfm?id=133\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cynthia J. Bogard. <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2016. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/socf.12292\/abstract\">Authenticity and Carrier Agents: The Social Construction of Political Gaffes.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sociological Forum <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31(4): 970-993.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/is\/staff\/vis\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farida Vis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 2013. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/21670811.2012.741316\">Twitter as a Reporting Tool for Breaking News.<\/a>&#8220;<\/span>\u00a0<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Journalism <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1(1): 27-47<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As media organizations figure out how to cover the Trump Administration and the first tweeting president, there is soul searching taking place both within the media and among media consumers about\u00a0media objectivity\u00a0and the role of social networking sites in the news. 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